She's Honestly Mental
She's Honestly Mental is the podcast for women who are done faking fine. Hosted by Corrina Rawlinson: ADHD brain (medicated), mum of three, and proud mental health hospital alumni who went from writing suicide letters to building a movement. This show speaks to the ones silently falling apart while holding everything together.
Each episode is a raw, unfiltered conversation about what it really looks like to live with anxiety, ADHD, depression, trauma and the chaos that comes with it. You'll hear stories, strategies and moments of "me too" that remind you you're not broken, you're just honestly mental.
This isn't toxic positivity or clinical advice. It's honest talk about the real shit - the bathroom floor breakdowns, the hospital admissions, the conversations that actually save lives.
If your brain is loud, your heart's tired, and you're craving a space that feels like coming home, you're in the right place. Because silence nearly killed me, and these conversations? They save lives.
She's Honestly Mental
8. The myth of the perfect mother ends here
Ever feel like the shame spirals are stronger than your will to keep going?
This episode is the messiest kind of real. I walk you through a day in my life. The ADHD brain spirals, the guilt, the survival routines, and the glimmers that help me hold it together (or at least fake it well enough). I’m not handing out perfection; I’m sharing what it looks like when you’re doing your best in a world that expects your best to look different.
We talk about meds, motherhood, meals that sometimes don’t happen, and what it means to truly give yourself permission to be human. If you’ve ever felt like you're failing just because you can’t do it all, I promise this episode will feel like a warm hug and a deep breath.
Come find me on Instagram @sheshonestlymental and tell me, what’s one thing that helps you get through the day?
In this episode we cover:
- The chaos of a typical day living with ADHD and mental health challenges
- The hospital moment that sparked Corrina’s “three things to get through the day” rule
- Cacao rituals and the power of routine
- Navigating mum guilt, shame spirals, and supermarket overwhelm
- Letting go of the “perfect woman” myth and choosing mental health over martyrdom
- The emotional impact of medication and learning to ask for help
- Rewriting the narrative of what makes a “good mum” or “good woman”
- How a spiral turned into a brain-train metaphor you’ll want to steal
- Corrina’s honest take on support systems, outsourcing, and living messy
- Invictus Apothecary (discount code: SHMFAM)
- Connect with Corrina on Instagram at @sheshonestlymental
- sheshonestlymental.com.au
- The Messy Middle – free community for offloading
- The Chaos Letters – sign up for raw mental health reflections
- Instagram (co-working): @hausofcollab
- Lifeline: 13 11 14
- Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636